Call for Submission: 22nd Iligan National Writers Workshop

The MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology and the Mindanao Creative Writers Group are accepting manuscripts to the 22nd Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) to be held on May 25-29, 2015 in Iligan City.

There are 18 slots are available for writers who have attended regional writers workshops or creative writing classes and whose works are unpublished. Six (6) INWW alumni (INWW 1-4: 1994-1997) from across the regions are welcome to send their works in progress along with a brief paper on their creative process.

Applicants may submit five (5) poems; one (1) one-act play; one (1) short fiction, and an excerpt of a novel in progress in any of these languages: Filipino, English, Cebuano, Waray, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Akyanon, Chabacano, Maranao or Higaunon.

Except for works in Filipino and in English, please provide translations of your works in either Filipino or in English. Those submitting excerpts of novels should provide a one-page summary of the novel.

Download the Application Form or call Hernenigildo M. Dico or Vera Mae F. Cabatana (09125326679) or (063) 222-8769.

Deadline for entries is on April 7, 2015.

The Keynote speaker this year is the poet J. NEIL C. GARCIA of UP Diliman. The INWW is funded by the MSU-IIT and the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA).

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